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March 18, 1949

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CHIEF BROADY AIDE SOUGHT IN 13 STATES IN WIRETAP INQUIRY; Employer Says Investigator, Working on 'Distant Angle' of Case, Will Be Available MAYOR TO TESTIFY TODAY Expected to Speak as Expert to Grand Jury and to Group From Congress Tomorrow CHIEF BROADY AIDE SOUGHTIN 13 STATES

By Warren Moscow

H B Bretnall, Broady chief aide, sought as missing witness; Broady repts him out of city investigating 'distant angles' of case

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SENATE BILL LIMITS FEDERAL RENT CURB TO 15 MONTHS MORE; Present Basis Would Continue One Year From March 31, Then a Period of Grace LATER POLICY UP TO STATES Measure Gives Wide Latitude on Decontrol to Governors and Legislatures SENATE BILL SETS RENT CURB LIMIT

By Clayton Knowlesspecial To the New York Times

Sen com final version extends rent control 12 mos plus 3-mo period of grace; adopts Cain amendment authorizing State decontrol; Sen Sparkman lauds bill; Sens Taft and Capehart to offer other proposals

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Missionary's Wife Slain in Korea By 2 Gunmen Who Invade Her Home; MURDERED IN KOREA U. S. WOMAN SLAIN IN HER SEOUL HOME

By Richard J. H. Johnstonspecial To the New York Times

SEOUL, Korea, Friday, March 18 -- Mrs. Horace H. Underwood, wife of a prominent American missionary and educator, was shot to death here yesterday afternoon by a pair of hooded Korean assassins, who entered the Underwood home during a tea party and plunged the gathering into panic.

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COMPROMISE CLOSURE RULE ADOPTED BY SENATE, 63 TO 23; FILIBUSTER BATTLE IS ENDED; TRUMAN PLAN FAILS 34 GOP Senators Join 29 Democrats to Upset the Administration ALL AMENDMENTS BEATEN Civil Rights Are Still at Issue as Lucas Pledges a Test on New 'Gag' Procedure NEW CLOSURE RULE ADOPTED BY SENATE

By William S. Whitespecial To the New York Times

Sen roll-call on Wherry Amendment

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ITALY NEARER PACT AS POLICE BREAK UP RED-HATCHED RIOTS; One Killed, 14 Injured When 'Molotov Cocktails' Are Flung at Policemen in Terni FILIBUSTER IS DRONING ON Communists, Facing a Defeat on Atlantic Pact, May Fall Into a de Gasperi Trap POLICE CHARGE ROME CROWD IN COMMUNIST RIOT ITALY NEARER PACT; RED RIOTS BALKED

By Arnaldo Cortesispecial To the New York Times

filibuster continues; police fight Communist riots in many cities; casualties, Terni; strike rept unsuccessful; policy brutality noted; illus

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1949Åse Kleveland, Norwegian singer and politician, Norwegian Minister of Culture^[†]

Åse Maria Kleveland is a Norwegian singer, guitarist, politician and activist. She represented Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1966 with the entry "Intet er nytt under solen".

Headlines from March 18, 1949

CHIEF BROADY AIDE SOUGHT IN 13 STATES IN WIRETAP INQUIRY; Employer Says Investigator, Working on 'Distant Angle' of Case, Will Be Available MAYOR TO TESTIFY TODAY Expected to Speak as Expert to Grand Jury and to Group From Congress Tomorrow CHIEF BROADY AIDE SOUGHTIN 13 STATES

SENATE BILL LIMITS FEDERAL RENT CURB TO 15 MONTHS MORE; Present Basis Would Continue One Year From March 31, Then a Period of Grace LATER POLICY UP TO STATES Measure Gives Wide Latitude on Decontrol to Governors and Legislatures SENATE BILL SETS RENT CURB LIMIT

Missionary's Wife Slain in Korea By 2 Gunmen Who Invade Her Home; MURDERED IN KOREA U. S. WOMAN SLAIN IN HER SEOUL HOME

COMPROMISE CLOSURE RULE ADOPTED BY SENATE, 63 TO 23; FILIBUSTER BATTLE IS ENDED; TRUMAN PLAN FAILS 34 GOP Senators Join 29 Democrats to Upset the Administration ALL AMENDMENTS BEATEN Civil Rights Are Still at Issue as Lucas Pledges a Test on New 'Gag' Procedure NEW CLOSURE RULE ADOPTED BY SENATE

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